Community of Xfce here in Brazil

[Thiago Avelino]

To whom this may concern;

My name is Thiago Avelino and I'm the current leader for the CentOS
community in Brazil. The reason why I'm writing this email is two
fold: to inform the Xfce project about some of my projects related to
Xfce and to get some further information in order to proceed with my
plans.

I want to start an official (as in supported and vouched for) Xfce
community in Brazil with the aim of proliferate the knowledge about
this great open source project amongst the GNU/Linux users down here
as well as promote install fests and provide support for said users
via the use of localized documentation, an IRC presence, and a forum.
It is my interest to also strike partnerships with enterprises who may
be interested in using and contributing to the project. I have a
strong background in hosting mirrors for the CentOS project and would
also be interested in hosting a local mirror for Xfce. I can discuss
about the technical details (for instance, I have a server with 100MB
of uplink) in case you need them.

I wanted to know if there is anything that needs to be done (a
protocol to follow if you will) in order to get your "blessing" on
this enterprise. I'd love to see an official subdomain pointing to a
br.xfce.org or xfce.org/br site where Brazilian users can point their
browsers to whenever they need to get information about the project.

I'd also like to inquire about possibly getting a @xfce.org email address
to represent the project when communicating with collaborators and enterprises?

I thank you in advance for your time and am looking forward to your reply.

I have asked Og Maciel to help me write this email so to make it very
clear my intentions, as English is not my primary language.

Sincerely,

Thaigo Avelino

2009/4/27 Thiago Avelino <thiagoavelinoster at gmail.com>:
> Let's make the Community Xfce Brazil?
>
> 2009/4/24 Thiago Avelino <thiagoavelinoster at gmail.com>:
>> Today this server runs an official mirror of CentOS, link to 100Mb
>> (Brazil), 100% reliable, I can put 30 in 30 minutes also do with
>> CentOS.
>>
>> 2009/4/24 Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu>:
>>> Thiago Avelino wrote:
>>>>
>>>> First mind you would like me to do the mirror of Xfce here in Brazil?
>>>
>>> I don't know.  How reliable is your server?  What kind of bandwidth does it
>>> have?  How reliable is its connection to the internet?  Can you set it up to
>>> sync with the main server every 6 hours?
>>>
>>>        -brian
>>>
>>>
>>>> If yes rsync release me so I can download to the server.
>>>>
>>>> 2009/4/24 Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thiago Avelino wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The server where the mirror that the wheel is where the Xfce MIRROR of
>>>>>> CentOS in Brazil, I am leader of the Brazilian CentOS (CentOS-BR.org)
>>>>>
>>>>> Huh?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Would make access to rsync for you?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, I'm saying if *you* want to mirror *our* stuff, you should be using
>>>>> rsync to do so.
>>>>>
>>>>>       -brian
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S.  Please stop top-posting.  It's annoying.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2009/4/24 Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thiago Avelino wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> MIRROR XFCE FOR BRAZIL:
>>>>>>>> http://mirror.avelino.us/xfce/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please ask for permission before doing something like that.  Bandwidth
>>>>>>> isn't
>>>>>>> free.  You shouldn't be syncing from one of the mirrors anyway.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you want to run a mirror, we can give you access to our rsync
>>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>> You need to show that your server is reliable (it's ridiculously
>>>>>>> slow/latent
>>>>>>> from here, but perhaps my ISP is not well connected to Brazil) and that
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> can sync at minimum every 6 hours.  This should be discussed off-list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      -brian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Xfce4-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> Xfce4-dev at xfce.org
>>>>>>> http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> att.
>>
>> Thiago Avelino
>> Programador | SysAdmin
>> Linux User: #484673
>> Asterisk User: #63483
>> Digium User: D1039273
>> São Paulo - SP / Brasil
>> LSB Certification | LPI Certification | RHCE Certification
>> www.avelino.us | www.centos-br.org
>>
>> Linkedin | linkedin.com/in/thiagoavelinoster
>> Twitter | twitter.com/thiagoavelinost
>> JustinTV | justin.tv/thiagoavelino
>>
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>
> --
> att.
>
> Thiago Avelino
> Programador | SysAdmin
> Linux User: #484673
> Asterisk User: #63483
> Digium User: D1039273
> São Paulo - SP / Brasil
> LSB Certification | LPI Certification | RHCE Certification
> www.avelino.us | www.centos-br.org | www.xfce.org
>



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Thiago Avelino
Programador | SysAdmin
Linux User: #484673
Asterisk User: #63483
Digium User: D1039273
São Paulo - SP / Brasil
LSB Certification | LPI Certification | RHCE Certification
www.avelino.us | www.centos-br.org | www.xfce.org